The Government Web Hosting Service (GWHS) requires all government agencies to host their websites on their servers and use a standardized Government Web Template. While there is a helpful User’s Manual the instructions to upload are meant for Windows users which is not applicable because the only way to upload is via CPanel. This How – To aims to help solve that issue:
- Download the gwt-drupal-3.4.3.tar.gz file meant for Drupal sites at https://github.com/iGovPhil/gwt-drupal/releases. It will be installing two items, the Government Web Template to be placed at ‘/sites/all/themes’, and a helper module to be placed at ‘/sites/all/themes’ (the User’s Manual neglected to mention this important fact for some odd reason).
- Login your CPanel and click ‘File Manager’, select ‘Web Root (public_html/www)’, and click ‘Show Hidden Files (dotfiles)’.
- Copy and extract the gwt-drupal-3.4.3.tar.gz file onto the HOME folder.
- Go into the gwt-drupal-3.4.3 directory, and right – click the ‘sites’ folder, then click COPY. On the area where it says ‘Copy File To’, enter ‘/public_html’.
- To check whether it copied, you should now be able to see the gwt_drupal_helper module at ‘public_html/sites/all/modules/gwt_drupal_helper’, and the gwt_drupal theme at ‘public_html/sites/all/themes/gwt_drupal’. Login your website and you should also be able to see the new GWT theme at http://yourwebsite.gov.ph/?q=admin/appearance and the new GWT module at http://yourwebsite.gov.ph/?q=admin/modules.
- For theming and customization instructions you may refer to the User Manual mentioned above. You may now also optionally delete the gwt-drupal-3.4.3.tar.gz file and the gwt-drupal-3.4.3 folder it created.
These instructions are for Drupal but they are likely the same for WordPress, Joomla and static files too. If you need help email me at [email protected].
